Mercantile Investments and Finance PLC
MERC.N0000Diversified FinancialsDiri Savi Board
Rs21.00
+0.90 (+4.48%)Market closedPrices for October 30Delayed up to 15 minutesPrices are polled from the exchange every 15 minutes during the session, so what you see can be up to 15 minutes old. Not suitable for trading decisions on the minute.
52-week low
18.10
52-week high
10,999.00
- Previous closeThe level at the end of the previous trading day — the baseline today's change is measured from.
- 20.10
- Open
- 21.00
- Day rangeThe lowest and highest level reached during today's session; the marker shows where it stands now.
- 20.00 – 21.90
- Shares tradedHow many shares changed hands. Compare it with the usual volume: a move on heavy volume has more participants behind it.
- 58.1K
- 1.0× the 30-day average
- TurnoverThe rupee value of every share that changed hands today (price × shares, summed). Higher turnover means more money moved through the market.
- Rs 1.2M
- 34 trades
- Market valueMarket capitalisation: share price × shares issued. For the market, the total value of every listed company at today's prices.
- Rs 13.3B
- 0.18% of the whole market
- Since 1 JanuaryYear to date: the change since the last close of the previous year.
- −43.55%
- Dividend yield
- 0.79%
- BetaHow much the share has tended to move when the market moves. 1 means in step with the ASPI; above 1, more than the market; below 1, less.
- 1.13
- Foreign holding
- —
Price history
Full chart with events2026-10-30O 21.00H 21.90L 20.00C 21.00+4.48%Vol 58.1K
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In plain words
What the chart above shows, measured. Not advice.
- The price is below its 50-day average (Rs 21.17) and its 200-day average (Rs 27.26): lower than where it has been over the last few months and the last year.
- Momentum (RSI) is 59, between the 30 and 70 that chart readers watch: neither a fast rise nor a fast fall.
- +2.44% over the last month, −12.50% over the last three.
If you had invested
Not enough price history for this period, or a share split inside it that the prices are not adjusted for.
Before brokerage and tax, counting part shares. Past prices do not tell you future ones.
Mercantile Investments and Finance PLC in the news
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No recent articles about this company.
In market reports
Where the day's market wrap named this share.
Nothing yet.
Connections
Who Mercantile Investments and Finance PLC is linked to — by the news, its directors, its group and its sector.
- Sector peers
Sector peers
- LOLC LOLC Holdings PLC−3.66%
- LFIN L B Finance PLC−0.70%
Board of directors
The directors on the company's board today.
P.D.D. Perera
ChairmanIndependent
G.G. Ondaatjie
Managing Director
T.J. Ondaatjie
Executive
A.M. Ondaatjie
Executive
A. L. N Dias
Independent
G.A.F. Marshall
Independent
B.P. Morris
Independent
S.S.J. Patabendige
Independent
M.K.S. Pieris
Non-executive
E.D. Wickramasuriya
Independent
E.W.V.A. Wijesinghe
Independent
S.H. Jayasuriya
Director - Finance
Dividends
0.79% yield over the last 12 months at today's price.
| Per share | Ex-dividend | Payment | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rs 0.17 | Jan 5, 2026 | Jan 23, 2026 | Interim · 2025/2026 |
Disclosures
Annual general meeting - approved
Directors' dealings
Directors buying and selling their own companies' shares.
About the company
In the company's own words.
The company has filed no description.
- Established
- 1964
- Listed
- June 2, 2011
- ISIN
- LK0379N00004
- Shares issued
- 634,600,000
- All-time rangePrices as they were traded. A share split or bonus issue makes old prices look much higher than today's without anyone losing money.
- 18.10 – 10,999.00
- Company secretaries
- Mrs. Deepika Sonali Pethiyagoda
- Auditors
- Ernst & Young
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